Govt imposes rain emergency in port city.

Karachi -- Sindh government on Thursday finally paid heed towards the calls for cleaning stormwater drains amid fears that delay in the process could lead to urban flooding in the city during the predicted monsoon spell ahead. Chairing a meeting, Secretary Local Government (LG) Sind Roshan Ali Shaikh announced to enforce rain emergency immediately in all the districts of the city.

Addressing the participants of meeting Secretary LG said that the task of the nullahs cleaning shall be executed in a smooth and smart way that all the concerned people and institutions should be on one page without any conflict.

Roshan Shaikh said that Project Director CLICK, a project with the assistance of World Bank, Zubair Channa will lead the project of Nullahs' cleaning.

'A vigilance committee will be established at every district level consisting of the representatives from KMC, DMC, KW and SB, Solid Waste and district administration official.' He said that the vigilance committee would monitor and identify the choking points and drainage situation to the central monitoring room which will be established in the Local Government's office. Roshan Ali Shaikh said that in the areas of Cantonment a CBC official would be in the vigilance committee and for the...